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Pauldoe,
Jerry Rutman's on-line catalog now includes a D-13 conversion set for Hasegawa's new-tool D-9 kit. Scroll down to the '190 D-9 section at http://jrutman.playnet.com/catalogue/catalogue.html
Charles Metz
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Jay,
CAM, Cutting Edge and MDC also produce decals for the 1/32 Hasegawa '109 G-6 kit:
-- 'Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6: Luftwaffe / Hungarian Air Force'; 1/32 scale; manufactured by CAM (Custon Aeronautical Miniatures) [uSA] — product no. 32-141; MEDIUM/MEDIA: decal; MARKINGS: Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 280" of unknown Luftwaffe training unit; Laszlo Molnar's Bf 109G-6 "Black 66" of Hungarian Air Force, Kharkow, 1944
-- 'Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6: Luftwaffe / Regia Aeronautica'; 1/32 scale; manufactured by CAM (Custon Aeronautical Miniatures) [uSA] — product no. 32-142; MEDIUM/MEDIA: decal; MARKINGS: Horst Carganico's Bf 109G-6 "Mickey Mouse" of II./JG 5, Finland, 1943-1944; Bf 109G-6 "White 365 of 356a Squadreglia, 150 Gruppo, Regia Aeronautica, Sciacca, June 1943
-- 'Bf 109G-6 Gustav Aces, Part 1'; 1/32 scale; manufactured by Cutting Edge [uSA] — product no. CED32025; MEDIUM/MEDIA: decal; MARKINGS: Emil Clade's Bf 109G-6 "White 9" of 7./JG 27; Franz Götz's Bf 109G-6 "<<+|" of III./JG 52
-- 'Bf 109G-6 Gustav Aces, Part 2'; 1/32 scale; manufactured by Cutting Edge [uSA] — product no. CED32026; MEDIUM/MEDIA: decal; MARKINGS: Walther Dahl's Bf 109G-6 "<<+|" of III./JG 3; Ludwig Fransisket's Bf 109G-6 "Black <(triangle)" of I./JG 27; Wilhelm Mink's Bf 109G-6 "White 12" of 4./JG 51
-- 'Bf 109G-6 Gustav Aces, Part 3'; 1/32 scale; manufactured by Cutting Edge [uSA] — product no. CED32027; MEDIUM/MEDIA: decal; MARKINGS: Gerhard barkorn's Bf 109G-5 "<<5" of Stab II./JG 52; Helmut Lipfert's Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 1" of 6./JG 52; Alfred Hammer's Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 1" of 6./JG 52
-- 'Bf 109G-6 Foreign Gustavs, Part 2'; 1/32 scale; manufactured by Cutting Edge [uSA] — product no. CED32029; MEDIUM/MEDIA: decal; MARKINGS: Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 10" of 1a Squadron, ANR; Bf 109G-6 "V8+65" of 101/2 Puma Squadron, Royal Hungarian Air Force; Bf 109G-6 "V8+06" of 101/3 Puma Squadron, Royal Hungarian Air Force
-- 'Bf 109F/G Colorful Messerschmitts, Part 2'; 1/32 scale; manufactured by Cutting Edge [uSA] — product no. CED32031; MEDIUM/MEDIA: decal; MARKINGS: Bf 109F-4/B "Yellow 1+<—" of 10(Jabo)./JG2; Bf 109F-4 "White 1" of 7./JG 54; Bf 109G-6 "<(triangle)" of II./JG 51
-- 'Bf 109 Friedrichs and Gustavs'; 1/32 scale; manufactured by Cutting Edge [uSA] — product no. CED32032; MEDIUM/MEDIA: decal; MARKINGS: Bf 109F-4/Trop "Black 8" of 1./JG 3; Bf 109F-4/B "White 11" of 10(Jabo)./JG 26; Bf 109F-4/B "White 3" of 10(Jabo)./JG 53; Bf 109G-6 "White 10" of 7./JG 3
-- 'Messerschmitt Me 109G6 Ilmavoimat 1944'; 1/32 scale; manufactured by Model Design Construction [uK] — product no. D32001; MEDIUM/MEDIA: decal; MARKINGS: Full markings (including stencil markings) for 6 Finnish Air Force aircraft: Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 9" (MT-437) of 3/HLeLv 24, July 1944; Bf 109G-6 "White 11" (MT-453) of 1/HLeLv 34, July 1944; Bf 109G6 "Yellow 7" (MT-458) of 3/HLeLv 24, July 1948; Bf 109G-6 "White 9" (MT-459) of 1/HLeLv 34, July 1944; Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 8" (MT-460) of 3/HLeLv 24, July 1944; Bf 109G-6 "Yellow 5" (MT-485) of HLeLv 30, July 1944
Charles Metz
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(The following is reposted here for those who missed it on Hyperscale)
Steve,
According to my database, Seafire 47 drawings can be found on the supplement pages bound into 'Supermarine Seafire: Griffon-engined variants,' by Bussy (Warpaint series, No. 20; Hall Park Books [uK], 1999), and on the 8-page foldout after page 176 in 'The Supermarine Spitfire — Part 2: Griffon-Powered,' by Humphreys (Modeller's Datafile series, No. 5; SAM Publications [uK], 2001). Brown's "Seafire" doesn't include *any* drawings, if I recall correctly.
Charles Metz
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Jeff,
See http://www.largescaleplanes.com/Marketplac...ce/Mosquito.htm
The Paragon F.VI and FB.XVIII conversions listed there included fighter cockpits, whereas Marine Air Products' cockpit set was for the B.IV bomber version represented by Revell's kit. Unfortunately, Paragon has ceased production and Marine Air Products is out of business.
Charles Metz
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Denie,
Thunderbolt wheels and tires were essentially the same size as those on Corsairs and Hellcats, though the hub patterns were different. One way around the latter problem is to model a particular P-47 that used flat "hubcaps," which can be cut from thin sheet plastic and added to a spare set of 1/32 Corsair or Hellcat wheels. However, as Maverick mentioned, another approach is to purchase a set of Jerry Rutman's excellent resin P-47 wheels and tires, which come in six-spoked, eight-spoked and "hubcapped" form. You can obtain these directly from Jerry, who lists them near the bottom of the web page at http://www.jrutman.freeola.com/page3.htm
Charles Metz
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D,
I agree that Olfa's Circle Cutter is the best tool for cutting circular masks.
Placing a blade in a cheap compass, as Chris recommended, leads to many headaches, because the compass's flexibility doesn't ensure that the blade will return to exactly the same point as that at which you began cutting the circle. Even expensive draftsman's compasses suffer from this problem. Trust me; I know ...
Charles Metz
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Rato,
A few F3F detail references are listed below. The 'In Action' includes multi-view drawings, but I don't know whether they're accurate.
Charles Metz
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Alles-Fernandez: 'Classics of the Air' (Exeter Books [uSA], 1988; 256 pages; approximate value US$17 [out of print]) # F3F-3 cutaway drawing (p. 160, 161)
Dann: 'Grumman Biplane Fighters in Action' (Aircraft in Action series, No. 160; Squadron/Signal [uSA], 1996; 49 pages; US$9.95) # F3F [version?] cowl gun bay (p. 39); F3F-2 cockpit detail (p. 39)
Muth: 'Cockpits - Early WWII' (Cockpits series, No. 1; Peregrine Publishing [uSA], 2001; 11 pages; US$9.95) # F3F-2 cockpit detail (p. 5)
Treadwell: 'Ironworks: A History of Grumman's Fighting Aeroplanes' (Motorbooks International [uSA], 1990; 192 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) # F3F-3 cutaway drawing (p. 32, 33)
Combat models/Roberts models
in LSP Discussion
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Martin,
At the risk of seeming grouchy or overly negative, I feel obliged to say that Combat and Roberts are the *only* companies whose products I've thrown away as soon as they arrived in the mail (before I learned not to order any more, that is). The various Combat kits range from primitive to rubbish, whereas everything I've ever seen from Roberts was terriblly crude. In my opinion, anyone who has the skill to make something decent out of Combat or Roberts products would -- in most cases, at least -- find scratchbuilding easier and more effective.
Charles Metz